Description
| Product ID: | 9781032559995 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Eco-Words |
| Subtitle: | The Ecology of Conversation |
| Authors: | Author: Anna Lisa Tota |
| Page Count: | 140 |
| Subjects: | Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Literature: history and criticism, Philosophy: aesthetics, Media studies, Sociology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychology: emotions, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Medical sociology, Groups and group theory, Literature: history & criticism, Philosophy: aesthetics, Media studies, Sociology, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychology: emotions, Memory, Medical sociology, Groups & group theory |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book examines the power of words. It explores the links between communication, language and identity, arguing for a certain gravity to the practice of speech, for offering only meaningful words to the people we talk to. How many words do we use in a day? How many of them are actually necessary to convey the flow of our thoughts? And how many could we do without, if we were to fast, abstain from using words? This book examines the power of words. It explores the links between communication, language and identity, arguing for a certain gravity to the practice of speech, for offering only meaningful words to the people we talk to. We are the words we hear and utter, we are the words we think, and Anna Lisa Tota invites us to use “eco-words” to change the world we live in: “This book is a proposal to myself and to you, dear Reader, an invitation to change together: while you read and while I write, bridging the temporal and spatial gap that separates us and makes it impossible for us to help each other”. This volume will appeal to readers interested in the everyday practice of communication. It will also be useful to scholars and students of sociology, emotion, memory, body studies, philosophy, aesthetics, communication studies, psychology, and linguistics. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-11-10 |
